The End of the Mainstream Media
What was once broadly considered to be impartial mainstream news has gradually transformed into two ideologically aligned media ecosystems.
Monthly Archives: December 2024
Nobusuke Kishi and the US-Japan Alliance
From 1957-1960 Japan was led by the rightwing Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, a barely reconstructed figure of the Pacific War. Kishi had gained the trust of US Cold Warriors, however, and they were rewarded when he forcefully pushed Japan into a new treaty alliance with the United States.
Visible Minorities: Electing The Joker
How being bad became a sales point in choosing a US political leader
Despising China’s Green Tech Lead
China’s leadership in many green technology fields is being met by the West with feelings of wounded pride more than an appreciation of climate policy urgency.
Tanzan Ishibashi and the Road Not Taken
In the winter of 1956-1957, the liberal figure of Tanzan Ishibashi assumed the premiership, aiming to normalize Japan’s relations with the Communist world and to depart from US Cold War policy. However, he was almost immediately felled by a stroke and resigned, leaving the government in the hands of the rightwing Nobusuke Kishi, who had the exact opposite vision for the country.
